Biology
Terms
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- Bile
- A yellow fluid secreted by the liver that functions to break down fat
- Angiosperm
- Flowering Plant
- Evisceration
- The ejection of internal organs
- Neutrophil
- A small white blood cell with an irregular nucleus
- Insertion
- The attachment point of a tendon to a moving bone
- Diurnal
- Organisms that are awake and active during the day
- Viviparous
- Refers to organisms that carry and nourish their young inside the body before birth
- Chemotropism
- A plant growth in response to a chemical
- Lysis
- The disintegration of an infected cell
- Frond
- A mature leaf of a fern
- Bolus
- A ball of thuroly chewed and moistened food in the digestive track
- Amniocentesis
- A procedure used in fetal diagnosis when cells are removed from amniotic fluid
- Phloem
- In plants, the specialized tissue that transports dissolved sugars
- Meristem
- The growing region in plants
- Sepal
- A leaf that protects the young flower